Convertible presser foot



Oct. 6, 1931. H. AUERBACH 4 CONVERTIBLE PRESSER FOOT Filed June 8, 1931 INVENT R 34 32 fivda ATTORNEY I Patented Oct. 1931 nanny AUER A H, .or-Bno oxmm NEW YO I JBROOKLYN,

convnnrrnrn Application filed an s,

My present invention relates to attachvments for sewing machinesand the like and more particularly to a new and special type of that portion'tof a sewing machine known as the premerfoot. It' is the' main object of the present invention to provide a presser j foot which is simple-in construction, easy and "economical to fabricate and assemble, readily adaptedfor use with standard sewing machines, and which will perform a varlety of functions, hereinafter setforth in detail, in

an admirablemanner.

.. In the" accompanying specification shall f describe, and'in'theaannexed drawings show,

I an, illustrative L embodiment of the. attachments of'thepresent invention. It is, how

,or described inasmuch as the same may be readily varied"without the exercise of the "*inventive faculties or departing from the spirit and so -i' pended'.- v i In the accompanying drawings, Figfll isa side ele'vational view of the aforesaid illustra'tive'e'mbodiment of the present invention,

' Dwhether gathered-or flat, it is necessary to V the: same beingshown inapositionfor hemming the edge of apieceof material;

' Fig. 2 is a frontelevationalyiewof the s'amefthe piece of material-fleeing "omitted Y so as to more clearly showthe construction of 7 I The same appliesto felling or closing. Likethe device.

i Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. t-is a top plan fview o f the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention.'

; Fig. 5 is a; view similarto F g.1 enceptthat 3 aplurality of pieces. of material stitched to" in this figure the deviceis shown ina position "for gathering or shirring material.

iFig, 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of gether near the edge thereof, this" view. illus- ,said illustrative embodimentof the-present tratingone ofthe products which the afore invention is capable of producing.

Fig. 7 is a similarview of a single piece oi? material having ahem formed at one edge thereof, this: yiew. illustrating another type of material to which pe of the claims hereto api p in .iitisnecessary or desirable to provide-a piece NEW YORK,

rREssER roo'r 1931. Serial No. s42,se4.

there is sewed a border of shirred or gathered i;

lace. v v a Fig. 9 is alike view of'a pair of pieces of material felled or closed by means ot the aforesaid illustrative embodiment of the present invention. g I

i Fig. 10 is a similar view of a hemmed piece there is stitched alace border; and i Fig. 11 is a like view of a piece of'material one edge of which is shirred-or gathered.

A I Before describing the aforesaid illustrative ever, to be cIearIy'jinderstOOd'that I do not. wishjto -be limited to the exact details'shown .embodimentof'the present invention in detail it may be desirable to briefly refer to the prior are capable of only one use, and that is, in connection with ordinary machine stitching. 'TIf of material with a hem or if twopieces of material are to be felled or'closedora lace border is to be applied to apiece of material carry. out a plurality of separatesteps and utilize a plurality ofmechanismsfor carrying out such steps. For exa1nple,jhemming can only be done by a special hemming machine.

wise, shirring can only be doneby a special machine or attachment and if it is desirable to apply a borderof'lace, for example, toa

piece of material, itis necessary to use first a machine for hemming the material and then a separate machine for gathering and securing place the lace border. The use o fso .many separate steps, and mechanisms is ob-" viously needless'waste of time, energy,.materials,etc. Intact, the disadvantages of such procedures are so flagrant asto makeitunnecessary to discuss the same in detail in this specification. J I l .'However, all of the disadvant-ages of the prior art are overcome and certain advantages attained by means of the attachments of the present invention. I I

present invention is capanmfnssrenon T0 ABRAHAM AUERBACH, or

By meansof th( 1 esserfeet' of the present.

" if]?provide thepresser foritIOWitlrehernwhen {receptive of; a threaded rod 2Q"; the 2 l i mh i invention, es exelriplifie'd in the efores aidi illustrative embodiment of the same, we it is po ssiblelto produce either ordinary machine stitching, hemming," felling or closing, shir-" 5 ring or' gathering endflat orlgethered borfiat, or gatheredio'rshirred.

"dering; whether the fmein piece of materielfiis,

1 ignates "an .L-shaped presser foot eonsisting of the 'presser-ber-engaging?portion ll with rwhichthere is'integrall'y fornied the vertical 1eg-pertiom I 2. terminating a t the lower end thereof'n the; foot portion l'g vvhi'ch at a I tute's the ehorterlegrof the?L.fi- 7 7 ming and gatheringattachment; holder 14 consists; of the substantially vertical of materiel 15* carried hy" a] screw 16 afiehored iI'r the *leg 12 and presser bar-engagin urge :the latter ageinst the tefi ther'eoi ithi w threaded; here 19 front'end-fofvvhmh engages 'theverticehstrip 15 of the h mm g' anti/gathering of inent holder lebymeans f the riveted-poi y tion's 2'l 'i en'd22f Therea'r end-*of'the rodl 1 20 i has' 'fiiiedf thereto a; knurled 131010 23- end intermediate the; knob andth'e reer 'su'rfece carries a coiled -s on 'spr ing fz l? Sm to 'prevent the I rod 20 t'tttingffia knob" 23 136 the left, -"the- Strip15 i may be" drawn toward its --vertio'a;1 -position r th drawingg=,- and by'rtuming said knob; to j firefight; the strip may-her m verr away '1 its'vertio'el position;against-the action machine ne'edle' 29 to engage the materiel pzis singheneatli fthe presser"'foot upori its dstrokefThearm-26iehenfi'atiiio;r N 4 hemmingjdeviee to f'old'the same'as' shown 7 dQ er,

simil' "tor 2; U; .and terminates in' a? plate portion 11 ofthe foot. The screw 16 deyice':3 5;;- il1 "b of ntheedrew-ingee d-will theremtterg pass ermedie-tel the kplete; 31

;, strip. of material or fleee whiel "material, 'a's'eh'o ing or shirring device and is provided with the beveled edge 32 vvhich coineides with the beveled edge 33 formed on the foot portion 13 to present therebetweena'space 34.; Thus,

vsrhen the vertice1jstripT15 is drawn toward the "leg: 12: 0t" the foot- 1 0; thegethering plate 7 31 rs a loweeplane thenthe afeotiportion l3 .at which time, as will laterbe desoribed,'

e ett hmen m y .be iu i i difor g he fro'm'th'e leg 12, the plate131 'is in ahigher planethenithe footportion 13 at which time the; attfiehmnt may be'used for ordina'ry stitohing onhernming,asvvill also later be de scribed more-in dtaiL' "la'lsoiprovidethepressen foototthe pres- -vent invention with; ztheinming and-.-felling; er

closihggdevice: 35: to This 1 device: consistent 4 a is: pinlv bent at} :42 {to e Ush{a;p"e thus presenting an: inner, pe-rtionw ld and upper portion r38 a; Sean" 0f through: space; 34

' its fielded! ohhmme'd position-i I p o e I means-i011 ge di g e" to besecured to :the edge: {of ea; teri-e-l-T 2 s herderfor fthe -seme so es-jtof as: sure the bordered material being he" tely secured; to the-main piece; of 1 material; Such td-j-the shape of. ate-5U"? endtemninatingj :inal ri h is''subs e tiwl ly equally; spaced from theZinne-n; portionrneerisi/Heeonsiets of a Qplete Eb-entalt-A16 gh theahemming shortfirmfllfestened, togthe 'underside-of tion'; of the aforesaid illustrative embodider'stood from the foregoing des'ofiptiOnyI same est follows:

:Af-ter the Presserfoot l O -is" secu rge to the V v tpress'erehar. of: the sewing machine; ,(nothere shown the device is reedy for u'se in e pluj e iyfey y zr tati g t eakm 123,

thegethering pla 'eemayhe r n er d ,in-- Y operative fat which timeitlielfoot may be ;e; n--

ployed ordinary. esti'tching; the,- resultbe;-

is 'des'i'red hen; I the edge of izt I ieee; of

'g'IiiQIltgOi the; presentgvinvention; -While;thea modes :ofusing. the same may; be olearly; un-

in the v oro es jsec'tionfa l t 1 FiififS after wh'iehxthe Inat-erie iasse's through the space is desired to attach a border of lace or other toclose or fell two pieces of material. If it material to the main piece of material, the latter is hemmed through the device and the .lace is guided by the guiding means 44 so. as to meet the hemmed material emerging from. the hemming device 35 immediately ad-- j acent the needle 29 at which point the main may be stitched together. If it is desired to gather or shirr the main strip of material I itself or'merely the lace or other border portion, theknurled knob 23 is rotated to the left so as to move the gatheringdevice-31 into theposition shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The lower the plane of the plate 31 with re- I be the gathering and shirringthereof. When a strip of material such" as lace is guided through the guiding means 44 and then passed beneath the plate'31and foot portion 18, the feeding mechanism of the sewing machine, (not here shown) will'grip or" feed only that portion ofthe materialasis beneath the plate 31. It will not grip or'feed that portion of the material which is beneath tionis raisedso that there is no cooperation tion 12 and the feed mechanism of the sewing machine, there will not be as much gath ering of the material immediately in advance of the plate 31. p p This completes the description of the operation of the aforesaidiillustrative embodi-' ment of the present invention.

It will be noted from the foregoing that the device is simple in constructiomeasy and economical tofabricate andasseinble, may readily be attached to standard sewing machines by mere- 'ly removing the existing presser foot and substitutingthe present one and is adapted .to carry out a mult plicity of processes in a convenient and inexpensive manner. Other said presser foot, saidhemming means including a plate bentupon'itself to form a short leg and having its shorter leg bent reentrantly, and a U-shaped pm carried by the 2 re-entrantly bent portion, one leg of which equally spaced from said, short leg and .said re-entrantly bent portion. 2.'An attachment for sewing" machines comprising, in combination, al presser foot,

" and shirring means carried by said presser end thereof.

wardly facing and 'rearwardly extending portion at the outer end thereof. i 4;;An attachment-for sewing machines,

erative position. between the feed meclianismand the foot por- Qcomprising, in combination, a presser foot,"

foot, said shirring means including an L- a downwardly facing and shaped foot having rearwardly exten ing portion at the outer '3. An attachment for sewing machines comprising, in combination, a presser foot,

and shirring means carried by said presser foot, said shirring means including a resilistrip of material and the lace or other border ently carried L-shaped foot having a downcomprising, in combination, a presser foot,

shirring means carried by said presser 'foot,

said shirring means including an L-shaped" Ifoot having a' downwardly facing and rearspect to the foot portion 13 the greater will wardly extending portion at the outer end f 5.An attachment for sewing machines,

comprising, in combination, a presser foot,

shirring means carried by said presser foot,

said shirring means including a resiliently carried L-shaped foot having a downwardly facing .and'rearwardly extending portion at ,thero'uter end thereof, and means to adjust the foot portion 13 inasmuch as the foot ,por-

isaid'shirring means into and out of an op- An attachment for sewing machines shirring means carried by said presser foot, saidshirring means including an L-shaped pfoot having a downwardly facing and rear- .wa rdly extending portion at the outer end thereof, and an adjustable thumb screw car-1 riedby said presser foot and engageable with saidjshirring means to adjust the latter into and font of an operative position.

17 ..An attachment for sewing machines ,comprising, in combination, a presser-foot," ,shi'rring means carried by said presser foot, said shirring means including a resiliently carried L-shaped foot having a downwardly jfacingand rearwardly extending portion at the outer 'end thereof, and an adjustable thumb screw carried by said presser foot and en a eablewith said shirrin means to ad- .S'JPGIIOIIUGS and advantages of the devices. g g g of the present invention will be obvious to those skilled in theart to which the present I invention relates. i

just the-latter into and out ofan operative position.

8. An; attachment for sewing machines" machines comprising, in combination, a presser foot, shirring means carried by said presser foot, saidshirring means including an L- shaped foot having a downwardly facing and rearwardly extending portion at the out 'er end thereof and hemming and closing leg of, which is equally spaced from said short legand said re-entrantly bent portion.

"9. An attachment for sewing machines comprising, in combination, a presser foot,

' ;-shir1ring. ineans carried saidipfesser foot, I

l gsaid shir ring means. including'aanesi lienfly 1 carried L-shap'ed foot' havingzva dewnwarrdly facing and rear'wardly extendingypertienxat i i 1the outer enclsthereef amihemming andelos- 7 ing means carriedbyisaid shirringmeans', said heimning means" including .a plate Jbent upon itselfte form-a shortleg andhaving, its shorter leg bent re-entrantlyl,c-andxa U- V i 9 1w shaped pin carriedby the" re-entran oiy. bent "portion5oneleg of Whichis equally spaced from said. short legand said're-entrantly bent portion, l 5 1 1- s.

: An attachment -'f0r'-seWing?machines coln'prisin'g, in;combination, a presser' fbot,

shining-means: canriedibyv said resser, foot, 7 said" shining-means including an L-shaped foot having; downwardly" facing and rearwardlyf extending pnrt'ien atv the "outer end thereof fhemming and dosing means'eari'ied' by saidshirring means; said hemlningmeans including a plate-bent upon itself teferxn a shert'leg and'havingits shorter leg'bent re,

'. entrantl'y, and a U-shaped' pin carrierliby the l n lytbent portion, fone leg ofiwhieh equallyspaeed froni said short leg'and said re-entrantly-bent'portiomnndam dj mbl thumb screw carried by sai'clipfess'er footand' ff engaging Withisaid shirringn1eans to ad] ust 1391-116 latt ei into and but ofanep era'ti-Ye pesi f-i1l;.;A 'attaehment forfsewing maehines *c01npri-sing' 'in combination; a resser foot, f

1 .Jshirring means? carried by said 'presserz fdot;

flsaid shirring lneansfinclnding resiliently" :c'ar'ried L-shap'ed foot having a downwardly facing and rear wardly extending pbrtienat H the outer'end thereof, hemming and 'clesing V "means-"eai'riedby saidshirringnieans; said I 3* 'henrinriing meansincludingiaplatebentnp0n itselfto forma shert legand h'aVingf -its shorter-leg bentr'e enforanfly, and a- Ufshaped' pin carried by; theresentrantly bent portion, one leg: of whieh is'equaHy spaeed from said *a'ndan a'djiisfuable thumbscrewearriedfby i r said presser ;f0et. and engaging with said a out ofanoperative position; I

testimony, wheyeo'fyljhave signedi-lny 7 Q name to t-his" specificationthis iithd ay' of 1v 7 i Jan -1931. 1 I 1 TY-IHA ER G s'hirring means t'oadjust the lattenintq 'and A 

